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Eadweard Muybridge

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.2007.92
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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Eadweard Muybridge was an English photographer known for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (16)

Animal Locomotion. An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements. Commenced 1872 - Completed 1885. Volume IX, Horses

1887 · Photogravures

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Animal Locomotion, Plate 535

1887 · Collotype, from "Animal Locomotion"

Image: 24 × 30.1 cm (9 1/2 × 11 7/8 in.); Paper: 34.4 × 49.6 cm (13 9/16 × 19 9/16 in.); Mount: 48.7 × 61.3 cm (19 3/16 × 24 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Animal Locomotion, Plate 319

1887 · Collotype, from "Animal Locomotion"

Image: 13.5 × 46.2 cm (5 3/8 × 18 1/4 in.); Paper: 34.8 × 49.9 cm (13 3/4 × 19 11/16 in.); Mount: 48.3 × 61.3 cm (19 1/16 × 24 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Animal Locomotion, Plate 174

1887 · Collotype, from "Animal Locomotion"

Image: 19.9 × 38.5 cm (7 7/8 × 15 3/16 in.); Paper: 34.8 × 49.5 cm (13 3/4 × 19 1/2 in.); Mount: 47.7 × 60.6 cm (18 13/16 × 23 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Animal Locomotion, Plate 469

1887 · Collotype, from "Animal Locomotive"

Image: 20 × 32.3 cm (7 7/8 × 12 3/4 in.); Paper: 34.9 × 49.9 cm (13 3/4 × 19 11/16 in.); Mount: 48.7 × 61.3 cm (19 3/16 × 24 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Animal Locomotion, Plate 758

1887 · Collotype, from "Animal Locomotion"

Image: 20.5 × 36.8 cm (8 1/8 × 14 1/2 in.); Paper: 48.4 × 61.4 cm (19 1/16 × 24 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Animal Locomotion. An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements. Commenced 1872 - Completed 1885. Volume XI, Wild Animals and Birds

1880 · Photogravures

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Animal Locomotion. An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements. Commenced 1872 - Completed 1885. Volume V, Man (Pelvis Cloth)

1880 · Photogravures

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Animal Locomotion. An Electro-Photographic Investigation... of Animal Movements. Commenced 1872 - Completed 1885. Volume VI, Woman (Semi-Nude and Transparent Drapery) Children

1880 · Photogravures

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Animal Locomotion. An Electro-Photographic Investigation... of Animal Movements. Commenced 1872 - Completed 1885. Volume VII, Men and Woman (Draped) Miscellaneous Subjects

1880 · Photogravures

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gezicht op een opstelling met fotocamera's om een paard in beweging vast te leggen

1878 · photoaquatint on paper

height: 130 cm, width: 212 cm

Rijksmuseum

Mohammed,-Running. Stride, 15 Ft, 9 In.

1878 · photoaquatint on paper

width: 206 cm, height: 146 cm

Rijksmuseum

Vierentwintig opnamen van een paard in draf met een wagen erachter

1878 · photoaquatint on paper

width: 203 cm, height: 119 cm

Rijksmuseum

View of the 24 cameras in position

1878 · photoaquatint on paper

height: 133 cm, width: 217 cm

Rijksmuseum

Coffee Harvesting, Las Nubes-Guatemala

1875 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Image: 5 3/8 × 9 1/8 in. (13.7 × 23.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Crater of Volcano, Quetzaltenango-Guatemala

1875 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Image: 5 3/8 × 9 1/16 in. (13.7 × 23 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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16 published of 16 catalogued · 16 with image

The Met
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Art Institute Chicago
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Rijksmuseum
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Gezicht op een opstelling met fotocamera's om een paard in beweging vast te leggen
1878 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Mohammed,-Running. Stride, 15 Ft, 9 In.
1878 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Vierentwintig opnamen van een paard in draf met een wagen erachter
1878 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
View of the 24 cameras in position
1878 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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